Comment by kodemannen on Passages I Highlighted in The Letters of J.R.R.Tolkien · 2025-01-18T15:14:32.886Z · LW · GW

Wait what? 

He was a master of using the bouba–kiki effect to incept his worldview in the minds of millions, so he did far more to stop progress than the Unabomber ever did. He bears significant responsibility for the productivity slowdown, and for your rent being too damn high.

Can you elaborate on this?